The Pathway

Reincarnation.

The spacetime law of creation of the universe. This was the wheel of existence that was without limitation and continuity without a starting point. There was birth and there was death. There was issuing forth and there was entering in. Reincarnation was the samsara cycle of life, death, and rebirth, without beginning or end. This was simply the law of existence..

Reincarnation began when death ushered the departed souls into the light of Radia. Light of Radia, was one of the laws of creation that were part of the essence core of the primordial universe.

All living entities in the universe were in subjectivity to the laws of reincarnation except the cosmic divines. Attaining the stage of a cosmic divine was the only true way or path of breaking free of reincarnation. The state of the complete emptiness of the soul and totally becoming one with the universe.

In the universe, reincarnation took place in the Acheron Reincarnation Cosmic realm.

Acheron Reincarnation realm is a dominion of bright lights of different colours, all in their beautifully radiant glory. This realm was one of the many cosmic realms located on the cosmic plane and the cosmic plane was one of the four planes in the universe. They were; the nether plane; the mortal plane; the heavenly plane and the cosmic plane.

These planes were the creation of the Alpheron during the universal expansion. One important point was the locations of the cosmic realms. They were created in locations of importance regarding the order and harmony of the universe.

The Acheron reincarnation realm was the first stop for departed souls. The realm where the fates, destiny and the time of souls were determined in regards to their reincarnation. These include the reincarnated forms and the destination of the souls. The forms the souls would take in their next lives which could be that of animals, humans, halflings, demigods, daemons, deities or celestials. Their destination, if it would be the nether plane, the mortal plane or the heavenly plane. And the moments of time in their lives.

All of these were determined on the Acheron cosmic realm inside the Acheron palacium.

The Acheron palacium .

It was a grand landmark of space. A wonder of a place where both souls of mortals and immortals experienced reincarnation in the light of Radia. Souls. The gates of the palacium were made up of cloudstones and were incredibly massive. At the entrance of the gates were the Malecs, stone-living giants created by the universe from the primordial cloudstones.

And right at the center of the palacium, were the three wheels of incarnation.

The wheel of time. The wheel of fate. The wheel of destiny.

These wheels were being spun by the Cordae, the three divinities. They were the cosmic divines assigned by creation to preside over the palacium and It would be their task to preside over the souls thereby preserving the laws of creation. To continuosly maintain the order and harmony of the universe involving incarnation.

From the primordial time, they had been doing their given tasks accordingly. Welcoming the arriving souls and directing their paths toward the mirror of deeds at the center of the palacium and the light of Radia.

Divine Arta, lady of time, was in charge of the wheel of time which determined the time period for the reincarnation of the departed souls. At the center of the wheel was a mirror, the divine myriads mirror that showed the past deeds of souls.

Divine Asha, lady of fate, spun the wheel of fate to decide the inevitable mighty hands of creation on the lives of incarnated and reincarnated souls. At the center of the wheel was a large orb of pulsating fibres of yin yang lights that threaded the fates of incarnated souls.

Divine Amra, lady of destiny, controlled the wheel of destiny that determined the forms and destination of souls based on their karmic merits according to the laws of creation. At the center of the wheel was a large golden bell. The bell of finality, the sound of which confirmed the certainty of a soul's destiny.

And on this particular day, the divines were busy carrying out their task as before.

"Ah, the order and harmony of the universe were truly magnificent, the laws of creation bounded all."

"Mhm. Even, we are bounded. Yes, I know we are not under any incarnation but we are still under the laws of creation. Are we not?"

"Yes, we are. As long as we are still part of this universe."

"At least, we don't die like others. That's comforting."

"Hm. Though it's true we don't die, we still have consciousness that exists all over the universe. You two know what that means."

"We can still go into limbo."

"That's right. Limbo of a billion years. And, another billion years to return to former state of existence."

"Whereas, it takes a mortal a hundred years to reincarnate and an immortal a million years."

"But we do keep our consciousness and awareness of events in the universe. Though, powerless."

"It's of little difference, bondage all the same.",

"And for two billion years! The scale of balance of creation."

"Come off it. You know time means nothing to us."

"And moreover, we have a very good way of avoiding limbo. DON'T SLIP AND FALL."

"Right."

The three divinities conversed as they carried out their tasks. They wore the same signature robes. Jade white robes, crafted from rare primordial stones, Khepri bark spider silk and other materials. The robes were truly majestic, a sight to behold. Each of the three Cordae was a divine with legendary powers. And, when they combined their powers to form the Divine Cosmic Wheel, they would become a universal force of nature. The many great wars they had fought alongside the other primordials were evidences of their powers.

They were carrying out their works when they felt Karmic connections. They looked at the souls waiting for reincarnation and discovered that the connection was coming from two newly arrived souls. The rainbow halo sorrounding the two souls was radiating brightly.

"Oh, those are Celestial merits."

"Yes, they are. And surely, the universe rejoices at their impending rebirths."

Lady Asha spread her arms as she smiled widely and easily.

"You have my welcome."

"How beautiful for souls with good merits after the sadness of death."

Lady Amra smiled bitterly, her glance shifting between the two souls.

"How beautiful."

"The balance of natural laws. Merits and sins. Good and bad. Order and chaos. But, not the same. Can never be the same."

Lady Arta slowly shook her head with a furrowed brow and she slowly turned to her sisters.

"The more heavenly souls are, the stronger the pillars of the universe."

"Agreed."

"True words, Arta. True words."

The divine cordae continued their work as they remotely watched the two souls until it was their turn to stand before the mirror. The other two divine cordae directed their gazes towards the mirror and watched with great interest as divine Asha spun the wheel of time for their past lives which started to appear in streaks on the myriads mirror.

The divine myriads mirror.

A primordial treasure of creation. It stored all the deeds of souls before their death. But, it only revealed the deeds of a soul, only the scenes where the soul accrued good karmic virtues or bad karmic virtues, when the soul stood before it. Souls with good deeds and Karmic virtues were bounded to be reincarnated in the light of Radia as mortals, demigods[asuras], deities or celestials. Souls with bad deeds and karmic sins were bounded for reincarnation as animals, halflings, wraiths, fiends or daemons.

Merits accrued by departed souls meant that they were bounded by the laws of karma.

"Okay. We all know reincarnation is a big effect of the laws of karma."

"That, we do."

"And that, laws of karma are a part of the laws of the universe."

"Yes, they are."

The Cordae were staring keenly at the Myriads Mirror. The past karmic deeds of the human souls in front of them, mother and child were being replayed on the mirror.

[The mother was a mortal and her name was Eloise Yin. She had been born in one of the mortal worlds, Earth, a world of six continents ruled by a human emperor. She came from the Red eagle clan, living in the fountain-spring village on the Aksan continent. Her clan was the smallest in the village. Her family lived on the outskirts of the village. Her parents were mortals, they had given birth to her after they had passed their prime. They had to wait for a long time before they had her.

She had been their miracle.....

She had worked on the pig farm in the morning and the chicken farm in the evening. It was on one of such evenings that she had been attacked by reavers, creatures of the nether region. A rare portal had opened on her farm. A portal that connected to the nether region. It was simply an unfortunate situation. War had been raging on between the reavers and fiend factions in the nether region when the portal had been opened. An unstable portal that was opened randomly. It was really unjust. The odds were unfair.

But fought she did. Holding a short sword, her son tied to her back, she had fought like a berserker. She had fought tooth and nail, but she had knewn it was a loosing battle. She had prayed to the gods she knew and didn't know. It was at this moment that the crystal she had was triggered. The karmic merits that were stored in the crystal had been transfered to the mother and child.]

"Awww, they were mortals before. A mother and child for what it takes."

"It was a sad story. But, they had a mixed fate."

"Yes, the crystal. And moreso, to activate it. It was a good moment of time from a very bad fate."

"A celestial's merits assured a reincarnation in the mortal or dimensional worlds, as a demigod."

"Or in the heavenly realms as a full deity or even as a celestial."

"Though it is really rare for a celestial to pass on full accrued merits, it happens."

"Can we see their past lives, Arta? I'm really curious?"

Lady Asha tilted her head slightly with her eyes, crinkling.

"These mortal souls really piqued my interest too. Arta?"

"What if it piques your interest? What do you want me to do about it?

Lady Arta asked as she spread her arms, sideways.

"The two of you know that it will need the Cosmic Pith Fetter seal to do that. Which I have none. Even if I have, I won't be using it to see their past lives when they are already here."

Seeing their determined looks, she shrugged.

"Okay. If any of you have one then you can."

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"I have one right here. Though, it was meant for something else, we can use it."

Amra flicked her hand and a seal appeared in her hand. A cosmic treasure, crafted from cosmic essence crystal, obsidian crystal from the void, yin yang spirit leaves and a ray of Radia's light. She gave the seal to Arta.

Arta performed the seal formation hand's movement and activated it.

Then, they all shifted their attention back to the mirror and watched it keenly.

[At the age of nine, she had lost her mother. Her mother's death was sudden, no sign of sickness. It was a massive blow to the family, but on they had gone. One year later, at the age of ten, her had father suffered total paralysis. He had been bed-ridden. As the only member of her family that could work, she had to work extremely hard on their farm. Daily, she had collected and sold chicken eggs from the their farm to cater for herself and her father. She had done this for the following six years. In one of those six years, while she had been working on her family farm, she had found a sapphire crystal. Her very own treasure, first of a kind for her. She had used a string to craft a necklace of sapphire blue crystal.

Happiness out of madness.

Five years later, her father had died. She had been twenty years of age, she had decided to get married for her family line to continue. At that time, only two members remained of her clan. Eloise and her niece, Scarlett. Scarlett had died the following year.

The last of her clan. She had married at the age of twenty. Her husband, a good man, had a pig farm. They had been tending the two farms. Their hardwork had started to be fruitful. Then, the husband had died, when she was five months pregnant.

She had given birth to a son and called him Haider. It had been difficult for her raising him alone, but she had been extremely happy. The second person of her clan, aside herself, alive. And he was her son, her family line would continue. Happiness in a world of sadness. She had been working hard on one of the farms when they were attacked leading to her death and that of her son]

The three divinities percolated on the information as they focused on the two souls.

"Well, laws of karma are laws of creation."

"And, fate and reincarnation are parts of its effects."

"All souls are bounded by them until they attain total emptiness. Only complete oneness with creation, can free a soul."

"We divines are also bounded by the laws of creation."

"Yes, we are."

"Karmic merits of reincarnation bound souls, must be assigned according to the laws."

"Amra, In accord with the laws of karma and their karmic merits, you know you can reincarnate them in the same world."

"Yes I know. It is the least I can do for them. Just a thought. Should I make them be together as mother and son?"

"We think you should, Amra."

"And, Arta. Don't you think it will be better to delay the reincarnation of the son until the mother is of age to give birth to him?"

"I think you are right, Asha. That I will do."

"And a reincarnation in a mortal world as an Asura for the mother will be more safer and more fortuitous."

"It surely will, Asha."

"What about the son?"

"Amra, I think you can reincarnate him as a mortal but with his half of the merits. Or what do you think Asha?."

"Yes, with the blessings of the universe because of the merits, he will be able to gain enlightenement more easier, temper his heart earlier and gain more insight from the view of a mortal."

"Indeed, his path will be more beneficial to him."

Lady Amra stretched out her hands and turned the wheel of destiny.

"To their karmic merits, I, Divine Amra, will give each of them a moment of destiny in their next lives. You will be born in the world of Lorra with the blessings of heavens."

"To their karmic merits, I Divine Arta, will give each one of them a moment of time in their next lives." Lady Arta spun the wheel of time.

"To their karmic merits, I, Divine Asha, will also give each one of them a moment of fate in their next lives." The wheel of fate started spinning.

All the three wheels for the souls of the mother and son were spinning very fast at that point.

"You will be born as an Asura. Your destiny will be protected until you become a full Asura. After that, your destiny will be in your own hands and the hands of the universe."

"You will be preserved from all for a period of time until when you become a full Asura."

"Your fate will be held until you become a full Asura, Afterwards, your fate will be in the hands of the universe but with the cosmic blessings."

They shifted their views and focused on the soul of the son.

"After a period of time, you will be reincarnated into the world of Lorra as a mortal but with a boon in your destiny."

"Your soul has been bounded in time to your mother, you will be together with her."

"On the account of the merits on you, you will be born with the blessings of the universe on your fate."

When they were through, they ushered the soul of the mother into the light of Radia. The divine myriads mirror flashed brightly. The Orb released fibre lights that encircled the souls. And the golden bell of destiny sounded.

They started humming to themselves.

"Luminous cosmic-breezes, touching you soft,

Like as fingers when skillfully, Wakening harp-strings.

Pure retained, Like unopened blossoms,

Flowering ever, Joyful their souls."